bite

I think that's really it, at least for ball pythons. Unless you startle the snake, smell like food (or your snake is so hungry it's striking at nearest moving warm thing), you generally don't get bitten.

A really stressed snake might also try to bite, I think.

Once my mom was feeding her 6ft. Boa, and she dropped the rat in, and he immediatly went for it, missed the rat, and got her arm. She said it hurt like CRAP! But, this was a feeding thing, and a 6ft, RTB, not a 3ft. BP.

the 1st and only time my bp struck was at my friends hand, my friend had brought his bp over while he was staying the weekend, mine appeared to be getting along and they even slept on top of each other, but mine was nervous wreck, constanlty on gaurd, as we had the two of them out (on my coffee table) my friends snake slid by mine and mine went into "I am curling my neck for a reason mode" and thats when my dumb friend stuck his hand out to pick my snake up and bam. . . but it barley drew blood,
just let it happen when it does, its real fast, but jerking back could rip your skin more!

Last year when I was thirteen, I was visiting my uncle in BC and I had asked to hold one of his adult female burmese pythons. What he didn't tell me, was that she was fasting and was not in a very good mood, so when I opened her cage and reached inshe all of a sudden struck me in my arm pit and started to coil around my arm! Man did that kill! But then she realized that I was not food and I was posong no threat so she let go but why did she have to bite me in my armpit? Of all places?
That was not a fun experiance for me.

Wowee.. arm pit bite.. that's something I hope I don't get. Wasn't very nice of him not to tell you she was grumpy.. that could have turned out much worse than it did.

Ive only been bitten twice once by my ball and once by my boa and neither were painfull but it was a big shock..the speed of the bite will scare the crap out of you lol

The standard constrictor bite is like getting stabbed with 60 small stingers with bruising in the general area of the bite if they get you good. No big deal, really....I like snakes with a little spunk and I'm not afraid to take a couple "red badges of husbandry"

Been bitten by my ball python once,did'nt hurt at all just a quick stinging sensation.

More of a shock then anything else.

It was my fault,not his.

Ours has never bitten - but a couple of weeks ago after feeding her her 2 mice I put my hand in the other end of the viv to fiddle with the cool side hide a bit (stupid human) - and she sure looked interested in my hand moving - needless to say I withdrew it hastily and left her alone(even though she's just a 2ft baby). Worst bites I ever get are from my parrot (hormonal little monster) they bite and hang on and won't let go - now we're getting a Savannah monitor - now that IS scary :eyepoppin

it probably bit you in your armpit beause it is one of the warmest places in your body.